Imitation is flattery
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February 16, 2012 at 11:08 pm #1003024
IznremiX
ParticipantFirst thing to note is that, pretty much no one will know that your copying someone else. So the issue that remains is, how do you feel about it yourself? Copying someone elses mixes is maybe a decent way to practice, but personally I know I wouldn’t feel too great about it myself.
I walked into a club once where my friend was playing and he was pretty much mimicking one of my mixes. It was definitely felt a bit tasteless, but then again, we are playing other people’s music so who are we to say anything about it at all.
As for using the transitions and then giving credit to the person who originally mixed them, it would be frowned upon because people wouldn’t be listening to your mix, they’d be listening to someone elses mix, that you just fit in the middle of your set. (if that makes sense) :p
not tryna be a stick in the mud, but heres my advice to you: take inspiration from the mixes others make and apply their techniques to your own stuff instead of flat out copying them. It will definitively make you a better dj 😀
February 16, 2012 at 11:20 pm #1003025Paul Hill
Participantill be blunt.you dont need to immitate.develope your own style.we have moved on from planet of the apes.
February 17, 2012 at 5:58 am #15111Todd Oddity
ParticipantI’ll be blunt too. No matter how original you think you may be, there is probably somebody else in the world doing something similar. I used to have this mix I busted out at shows and it was pretty obscure – Beastie Boys and Tragically Hip (I forget the exact songs now). Then one night, I’m visiting friends on the other side of the country, and while we are at the bar I hear the dj do the exact same mix.
As Izn said, we’re playing other people’s music – which means if two tracks sound good together, you probably won’t be the only person to notice.
All of that to say, don’t download their mix and play it straight up, but if you are mixing and happen to do the same thing they did, no sweat. You still did the work yourself. And there is probably someone else out there already doing it too.
In short, go have fun and don’t worry so much! 🙂February 17, 2012 at 2:26 pm #15138durtyjerzy609
Memberi used to dj as part of a crew.. and we had a lil inside battle between ourselves…. some one would come up with an off the wall mix (flo rida low and tone loc wild thang) and each week we’d see who could do it better and with the most originality… sure it was one of our homies ideas but it was a bita game to see who did it better with more flava
February 17, 2012 at 8:10 pm #15159Kairi_Yamoto
MemberTodd Oddity, post: 15180, member: 1042 wrote: I’ll be blunt too. No matter how original you think you may be, there is probably somebody else in the world doing something similar. I used to have this mix I busted out at shows and it was pretty obscure – Beastie Boys and Tragically Hip (I forget the exact songs now). Then one night, I’m visiting friends on the other side of the country, and while we are at the bar I hear the dj do the exact same mix.
As Izn said, we’re playing other people’s music – which means if two tracks sound good together, you probably won’t be the only person to notice.
All of that to say, don’t download their mix and play it straight up, but if you are mixing and happen to do the same thing they did, no sweat. You still did the work yourself. And there is probably someone else out there already doing it too.
In short, go have fun and don’t worry so much! 🙂
That’s mainly what I was looking for, some sorta validation that it’s not just flat out copying.
Granted, there’s one particular set that I added to my favorites on soundcloud, but there’s a few harmonic mixes in there that just flow together so well that I thought to myself “I wouldn’t mind working those songs into a set, in that particular way”
But, like you said, since we’re more likely to play other people’s music, the ideas of stealing it just kinda go out the window, lol.
February 17, 2012 at 8:26 pm #1003033VinnyBlanc
ParticipantI think it’s a good way to practice. To hear it and see if you can replicate it…
February 17, 2012 at 9:47 pm #1003036MemberVinnyBlanc, post: 15231, member: 737 wrote: I think it’s a good way to practice. To hear it and see if you can replicate it…
I had that idea in mind too, so much so that I bought the tracks off beatport, and replicated the mix, without the sync button either ^_^
February 17, 2012 at 10:02 pm #15169ParticipantI think of it like Math. Can you take what you learned from that mix….maybe same transitions with different songs. Or same songs but loop something and use a different transition?
You can’t just memorize the homework problems …you have to be able to apply it for the test.
Now History on the other hand…February 19, 2012 at 11:04 pm #15229Bigicedog
Participantits almost like b-boying if you can take a move AND PUT YOU OWN TWIST TO IT AND MAKE IT YOUR OWN then there is no problem but if you just take it not for note its a good way to practice but i wouldnt do it. thats just me
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